CAEDD CALLS: The Armed Forces was liquidated by the commander of the Cossack Battalion "Terek"

Later it became known that the real name "cedar" was Vladimir Popov. He is a retired police colonel, born in 1954. Russian sources report that "Cedar" has many orders and awards. "Yesterday Kedr, Terek Battalion Commander, Otaman of the Stavropol region of the Stavropol region, a cavalier of two courage, as well as the winner of other state awards, a participant of the war in Afghanistan, Chechnya and his own," the Russian media report .

Ukrainian journalist Yuri Butusov reported that at the end of the summer of 2023, the Terek Battalion was in the Soledar direction. This information is also confirmed by the Russian edition of RIA Novosti. It is reported that the Cossack Battalion Terek was created on July 21, 2022. It was based on the Cossacks-volunteers of the Tersky Cossack Army. The initiative of the creation of the battalion was made by the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District Yuri Chaika.

The chieftain of the Vitaliy Kuznetsov, which was quoted by the publication, said that "the battalion fighters have gone from the coal to Kherson, and today the Cossacks carry out combat missions in the Soledar direction. " Kuznetsov also noted that the battalion was formed from volunteers and complained that "the number of people who wanted to replenish the benches of the fighters decreases over time.

" It is reported that during the year, 1,250 volunteer Cossacks passed through the Terek battalion, 46 battalion fighters were awarded state awards, 50 more soldiers were presented to state awards, 135 Cossacks of the battalion were awarded the departmental awards of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The Terek Battalion became a brigade -forming, according to his chieftain. It was noted that there were four battalions in the team - Terek, Scythian, Siberia and Yenisei.